Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-13
Rome This was the signal Tor renewed
cheering and the building fairly trem-

cheering and the building fairly trem-
bled.
As soon IS quiet was regained Chair
j Gohan made 6 short introductory
speech in which he referred to the posi-
tion or DR.. McGlynn to the church He
said w are here Tonight TO let Rome
know that III matters political not one
JOB OF our allegiance is rendered To any
power or p~otentate but In its entirety IS
given to the laws and constitution of the
United States. All OF Won went to yonr
[fseveral churches Sunday, but in no ore
church die my one dare to stand up and
read the decree Of Michael Augustine
Corrigan. Misses and cat-cails.l The
speaker then pictured what he regarded
MS the position of contempt into which
Archbishop Corrigan had brought him
self. He then formally presented DIR. Nc
GlyIn.
The speaker reiterated his former state
ment that he knew 1T had been intended
to have a papal. nurcio at Washington.
He continued, .As long as. Catholic peo-
pie let the pope do as he pleascs in poll
tics as we'll as in religion, SO long the
Irish, German and American poor will be
sold out for any price thai Rome can get.
in the hope of strengthening and restor-
ing the temporal power Of the machine.
The papacy is a machine, with nothing
but the cupidity and lust for money and
power, and it is the knowledge of this
that has ruined all Catholic countries
and plunged them into atheism
| admit this is hardly the kind of SER
mon would have preached from the pull
pit of st. Stephens. Itwould have been
my first and last of that kind. but they
have turned me Il of ST. Stephens. The
machine has made a mistake this time.
1t has liberated me. cloud cheers.4 In
a moment of blindness and folly it has
created such a condition of affairs that
there is no reason why / should restrain
my true sentiments 1t is true that for
many years l have not been blind to these
truths, yet l have repressed myself where
l could have reproved, so that / would
be allowed to continue preaching and Q II
joying priestly communion with God. !
could suffer all but being cut off from
that holy communion which is. so much
to us men who are cut off from all lusts
of the flesh.
While ~endeayoring to perform my
priestly duties and In allegiance to my
conscience / once went forth on II semi
political platform, not attracted ~ poll
tics, but by humanity, to show how a
PhAScp NouHS JHlPhtaiSC IL IcilGN Wing LIS
wants of the masses. loud cheers.3
They slandered me, who call me u poll
tician. ] now preach the fatAsr!sssaa CT
God and the brotherhood of man. cloud
eheers.) The fools forgot that / never
appeared on a political platform. never
took the stump for Cleveland; they lie
who say / did.
Referring to the insinuatfon that like
other priests who have been excommunl.
Gated he would get married Dr.. McGIynn
Hole1nnly declared that he would never
marry and that hls bride for ever wkathe
church. DR.. MeGlynn then reviewed The
pofsts In his cass and refnted the oisrges
against him. No one but God could di.
vorce him from his land theory Ths
speaker said he had received {
postofice notice that there was
a registered letter for him
and had sent a friend Ii
get the letter, but up to Sunday morning
he had net received ID, nor the notice 4
was supposed to contain. He had there.
fore partaken Of the sacrament. In con.
clnsion he said thnt when asked aWha,
are you going to do about itS'' he coule
emily say. 4To bse continued in the mex
chapter The address was frequently
applauded Henry George and othcti
also spoke.